POETIC DEVICES







Hyperbole -
is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech
Aliteration -
alliteration refers to the repetition of a particular sound in the first syllables of a series of words and/or phrases
Rythem & Rhyme
Rhyme is a pattern of words that contain similar
sounds
Metaphor -
A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing
Analogy -
is a cognitive process of transferring information or meaning from a particular subject (the analogue or source) to another particular subject (the target), and a linguistic expression corresponding to such a process. In a narrower sense
Repetition -
Personification -
Allusion -
Euphemism -
Imagery-
Irony-
Malapropism-
A malapropism is the grotesque or inappropriate use of a word.
Onomatopeia-
Oxymoron-
is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms.
Satire-
Simile-
A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things by employing the words "like", "as", or "than
Symbol-
symbol is something such as a particular mark that represents some piece of information
Theme-